St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-10
LABOR NOTES.
Pertinent Items OF Interest to Employers
as Well as Employees.

WorkingWOmen OF New Ork tsald to IN
clude 10000 sewing women aione) Is 90
ing on in that city. woman WHO Is IN
terestlng herself III II mas thuS eNEfcNSPI
the reason therefor: II is not pleasant
thing, tor example, lof a SIrl~ IAN Wo-
man 10 know that the unncrc-nlhih% she
buys is made by UnGcrnald seamst.tSses
and sold by oVerW0r.l"d Shop &lriN. ne
benefits accrulng to her from the com
bined efforts o! those Two GLASSES ol WORK
ers seem to her like c4"al, Hany con
scicntiouS ladies' 1Il"fti"r@,WlH no' MAKE
themselves A party 10 sC@ha Il lA"Il ;'I l.uf-
chasing articles so Mada ;Hld ~oId ne
writer lately went 10 'n".!"n counter
and waited for fi!t"eD or tA.njN I"IAH)cN
for the Internationally ,9'"r" "hl"A 10
sell her pa1f o: dress ~hic."--~.'" "f1'ele
costing from Gl%h' 10 ,hlE'T-HEt rents
pu' .,rl.a,, ,,,,,., -. ,rr,s, ,Jn-
wand Fn,. d,... .h+sl,i. +o.dav>n ,Thnro
,ynrn .iy ~. on..rr l,i.nr lqI;n. vaitiru
1;,a n,,,.o1f, win, : ,ro. on,th;n," "
ra,liaI'tI,a ,.irI ..Ja .Yrlntr ocrn,. -en
ce,,en lrI1,.[., ,ya,.3t IF ,frr.s Shields ON
- cinrIe ,hnrl, l,-, .nr+ of course re-
,oinnI ,.ar such tirlf. ,-ritsha,-s Some one
to helm vnt, - .,\nr -. an" ,.as m. brief
but comI,rcfIcnsiyc answer. Il !, through
.nrb nni,rc..ion nm tI.n. mart oremnlovrr~
thot +ba I,;,I,n,-. onria1 In,,o'n,,nnnfs nj
Anarchisrn lrromo nn.sirI~ 4 thpn. The
now, moypm,ut i Il, he made of any yanlc
IA fin. sutTnrino female WORKERS 6E New
York It shonIi he cordially annroyrI and
generously s,1nnor,,,I 1,y the .a,jies of the
citv Where nrasrirahie thpv -horlI At
tend the mce,inr~ seek out information
and Don1ar remedial measures lest one
dav thpv he called to account as acce>so-
rieS 10 the slow murder OF those WHO are
literally laying down their lives thal
happier women may live IN an ca~' &nI
comfort Of which they barely kno" tie
names.
The brewers uf BOSTON who have
bpan ON = strike forthr last seven months,
ro.antIy thrr.t.nrd 70 11r.,4 the Dronlc Of
the Sfate Ia vote no license unless their
demands we're rarn.rnfzpf THIS induced
me Iionar dealer, IN seek = conference
Win tIa n,astnr brewers Rut the com
mittee was told that the master brewers
would not submit to outside interference.
This repulse, taken in connection with
the fact that the striking brewers were
vigorously pushing the no-license agita-
ton, and that Charles G. Wilkins, eN-
president Of the State Federation Of La
Dor, who has this matter in charge, was
nightly visiting the labor organizations
throughout the State and requesting
them TO vote no incense , AT me =, comm n:i
muhlcl1al eleetlollS,ha ln,'uCe.t tlle let"l5
liquor uealer5 oi tle c,ate 10 tIhp aUtiT a {
measures 10 ollhS apoI1 a S1' , ,elleiIS ll,l W
1ie ulil,IuI'N, "lio r'e
CHARLES @ Wilkins ex-nresident of the
Federation of Labor and to the president
of the Brewers Union No, 1. requesting
the New ENGLAND Brewers Association
to appoint a committee of five to meet a
committee of five from the Massachusetts
Liquor Dealers Protective Association,
to consider and determine what may be
done to amlcably settle the question now
rto ono;,o-, oo,,,,,o.i+;o,, of ,no1er,
trade and the passion of the women
themselves to get "bargains' when they
shop, serve to explain the starvation
WAGES paid in MANY branches of manu-
fac+,1ro IF naonia will have "cbean''
1900 ~ fr,;,hdd
thihSs, eheap :iiihse iilue1 Do i"l d..
ana cheap artlcles mean low wages ou'
this does not excuse the wretched accom-
way OF fines and docking, the contam-